Reading Time: 4 minutes Provincial governments need to be sober, disciplined, realistic and do whatever they can to not lose money for their citizens
Category: Newfoundland
Oil-rich Saudis squeezed by Trump
Reading Time: 3 minutes Current oil production cuts can’t continue for long or the Saudis, and others, won’t balance their budgets
Half measures won’t solve the problem with police
Reading Time: 5 minutes It’s time to reduce funding to police and reallocate those dollars to more proactive ways to reduce crime
Energy industry investment cools dramatically
Reading Time: 3 minutes The oil price crash of recent weeks has triggered a wave of huge exploration and production capital expenditure cuts
Oil market resurgence sustained by hope
Reading Time: 3 minutes Will producers be tempted by a rise in crude oil prices to disregard quotas and voluntary production cuts?
Manage provincial debt by controlling Crown projects
Reading Time: 4 minutes In Newfoundland and several other provinces, major power projects have created huge public debt
Tyranny oil should be treated like blood diamonds
Reading Time: 4 minutes Oil and gas revenues can be used by tyrannies, autocracies and dictatorships to oppress their populations
Politics helped drive latest Saudi oil production cut
Reading Time: 3 minutes The need to generate cash, along with political pressure, compelled the Saudis to make some bitter decisions
Ottawa’s carbon tax hike out of step with global reality
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadian taxpayers need financial relief during the COVID-19 crisis. Carbon taxes are an obvious place to start
Exploding myths about energy subsidies in Canada
Reading Time: 4 minutes Despite claims by some that ‘oil is dead’ and that the sector is heavily subsidized, the evidence suggests otherwise